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Week 6 Fantasy Football Defense Rankings: Which DST Should You Start?
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We saw Week 5 defenses find the end zone twice one week after scoring zero times, but no special teams touchdowns were recorded for the first time since the opener.

Bye teams Houston and Minnesota translates to the third-best fantasy defense being from the schedule. Houston's group has shown a little life of late, too. Rotational matchup plays to consider include the Tennessee Titans and Los Angeles Chargers.

Fantasy Football Defense Scoring Format

  • 2 points per sack
  • 3 points per takeaway
  • 3 points per safety
  • 6 points per defensive/special teams TD

More Fantasy Football Week 6 Positional Rankings

Week 6 Fantasy Defense Rankings

*Denotes game played in London

Green: Player moved up in the latest rankings update.
Red: Player moved down in the latest rankings update.

Veteran fantasy football expert Cory Bonini will publish and update free fantasy football PPR rankings with tiers throughout the season. He also has your back for working the waiver wire, playing the right sleepers, avoiding lineup-killing busts, navigating injuries, cashing prop bets, and more!

This article first appeared on Athlon Sports and was syndicated with permission.

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